Kill!
Following Qin Anlan's command, the butcher's blade in Tu Xiu's hand came crashing down, slashing across Liu Chongshan's neck.
The shock on Liu Chongshan's face froze there.
That round head rolled away in a circle.
By sheer coincidence, it came to a stop right at Liu Ruyan's feet.
Her eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.
She seemed never to have expected that he would meet his end this way.
"Dad!"
Watching helplessly as her own father was beheaded.
Liu Ruyan let out a hysterical roar.
She gritted her teeth, tears of blood welling up in her eyes.
"Qin Anlan, you beast! I clearly followed your demands and knelt, kowtowed, and begged for mercy. Why did you go back on your word and take my father's life?"
"Went back on my word?" Qin Anlan sneered. "This Young Lord's word is worth a thousand pieces of gold. I have never broken a promise."
"Think carefully. I never promised to spare your father. That was nothing but your own groundless fantasy."
"Beast! You are nothing but a beast! You will definitely go to hell!"
"So what if I go to hell? In life, I shall be a hero among men; in death, a champion among ghosts. Even if I descend into hell, I will still kill every last one of your Liu Family again."
"You... you..."
Liu Ruyan stretched out a hand and pointed at Qin Anlan, staring fixedly at him as though she wanted to say something.
Pfft!
She felt sweetness rise in her throat and spat out a mouthful of old blood.
Her rage had attacked her heart and aggravated her injuries.
Her entire body collapsed into unconsciousness.
"Young Lord, what should we do next?"
Tu Xiu asked tentatively.
"Do you even need to ask? Other than Liu Ruyan, every single member of the Liu Family goes into a coffin. Do not spare even a dog."
"Oh, before killing them, wake Liu Ruyan up first. This Young Lord wants her to watch with her own eyes as every member of the Liu Family is slaughtered by Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate."
Having received the order, Tu Xiu did not hold back.
He walked over to Liu Ruyan and viciously stomped on her snow-white hand.
A crisp crack of shattering bones rang out.
The searing pain jolted Liu Ruyan awake from unconsciousness.
She immediately let out a shriek.
"Dad!"
Qin Anlan remained expressionless. "Do it!"
Upon receiving the command, the experts of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate swiftly charged into the Liu Family.
"Spare me! I only just joined the Liu Family! Please, let me go!"
"Every grievance has its debtor, every debt has its creditor! I only came to the Liu Family to visit relatives. This has nothing to do with me!"
"I am only a servant of the Liu Family. I have obeyed the law my entire life and never done anything cruel or wicked. Please spare this worthless dog's life!"
"I will leave the Liu Family right now. I only beg that you spare me!"
At once, the Liu Family was filled with wails and screams.
They resounded through heaven and earth, unceasing to the ear.
Every member of the Liu Family had terror lingering in their eyes.
Even their trembling voices carried a touch of despair.
Many had long since gone limp in all four limbs and lay on the ground, waiting for Death to come reap their lives.
Those who were cowardly and spineless knelt and begged for mercy.
They only hoped the experts of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate would show mercy and spare them.
A few people with a little backbone refused to suffer such humiliation.
Rather than wait for the people of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate to come harvest their heads.
They might as well be decisive and slit their own throats.
That way, they could preserve the last shred of their dignity.
Still more people remained on their knees, begging for mercy.
They hoped for a miracle that would allow them to salvage their lives.
Unfortunately.
The people they faced were the experts of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.
The entire Liu Family swiftly became a living hell.
The Liu Family's old ancestor was killed.
The Liu Family's twelve elders died unnatural deaths.
All 983 members of the Liu Family were killed.
The spiritual pets raised by the Liu Family were chopped into minced meat.
Anything in the entire Liu Family that still drew breath was slaughtered without leaving even chickens or dogs behind.
Even the yolks of the eggs were thoroughly shaken apart.
The person who killed most ruthlessly was none other than Tu Xiu, Qin Anlan's most trusted subordinate.
In a single move just now, he had killed two Liu Family experts.
Tu Xiu was still not satisfied.
He rushed before Liu Chongshan's corpse, directly cutting it into eight pieces and chopping it into minced meat.
Even a golden retriever that had run into the Liu Family to steal food.
Because it accidentally met Tu Xiu's eyes, it was cut into a cloud of bloody mist.
Watching as everyone in the Liu Family was slaughtered to the last.
Liu Ruyan seemed to have lost all strength in her body.
She lay limp on the ground, already on the verge of collapse.
"Do not collapse. You must hold on. The Zhou Family, where your mother Zhou Caimei is, has not been brought over yet."
Upon hearing those words, Liu Ruyan became like a mad dog, crawling and scrambling toward Qin Anlan.
Her mouth continued to let out hoarse roars.
Before she could crawl before Qin Anlan.
An invisible giant foot pressed her firmly to the ground.
She could not move her body even half an inch.
Qin Anlan ignored Liu Ruyan's deathly howls.
Instead, he sat quietly atop the treasure carriage.
The powerful aura radiating from him inspired fear at first sight.
In only a few minutes, the martial artists of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate brought over every member of the Zhou Family.
The Zhou Family was merely an insignificant minor family.
It was on roughly equal footing with the Liu Family of old.
Even counting everyone together, there were only two or three hundred people.
Every one of them was injured.
There were still traces of undried blood at the corners of their mouths.
Clearly.
These people had been unwilling to submit obediently, and after being badly beaten, they had been forcibly dragged here.
The moment they arrived, they saw the Liu Family's miserable state.
Countless corpses lay scattered in every direction.
Blood had long dyed the Liu Family crimson.
The sudden sight left these people panicked and at a loss.
A shit-yellow liquid sprayed from between their legs.
They could not help crying out in alarm.
"The Liu Family has actually all been killed!"
"Will the people of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate kill us too?"
"I do not want to die! I do not want to die here! Please, spare me!"
Several Zhou Family members had already been frightened until their legs went limp.
They crawled and scrambled, trying to flee.
What awaited them was flesh flying everywhere and blood flowing in streams.
Qin Anlan looked down quietly at these people.
He could not even be bothered to rise. With an indifferent expression, he said, "The reason I had all of you brought here is to tell you one thing."
"This Young Lord has prepared coffins for you. Lie in them yourselves."
Qin Anlan suddenly discovered a problem.
The coffins he had brought were somewhat insufficient.
He had originally thought that the Liu Family and Zhou Family together would have only a few hundred members.
Now, it seemed he had completely underestimated these people's ability to branch out and multiply.
The Liu Family alone had nearly a thousand people.
But on second thought, it made sense.
When one is poor, no one calls even in a bustling market; when one is rich, distant relatives appear even from deep in the mountains.
The Liu Family had hitched itself to the grand carriage of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.
Anyone connected to the Liu Family, even relatives separated by eight poles who could not be linked at all, would shamelessly run to the Liu Family to claim kinship.
Just as well—it made it easier for Qin Anlan to sweep them all up in one net and eliminate future troubles.
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